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  • Location: Paris

Lessons in French

1980s: Lessons in French is at once a love letter to Paris and the story of a young woman finding herself, her moral compass, and, finally,…

  • Location: Paris

Paris to the Moon: A Family in France

1995: Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris

  • Location: Finland, Kiev, Paris

The Wine of Solitude

WW1: The most autobiographical of all Irène Némirovsky’s novels

  • Location: Paris

Paris Requiem

1899: Against such a backdrop of Paris in 1899 when Paris was buzzing on the world stage – theatres and the Vaudeville theatre in particular…

  • Location: Paris, Montmorency

The Age of Desire

Early 1900s: While novelist Edith Wharton writes of grand love affairs, she has yet to experience her own. This is the story of her life,…

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The Other Side of Mrs Wood

1873:  ‘I want your reputation’, the girl said to Mrs Wood. ‘I want everything you have…’

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